Freedom of Religion and Belief
PAKISTAN: In Pakistan religious freedom is withering in that troubled country BY KNOX THAMES The Hill (25.08.2023) – The torching of churches in Pakistan has brought to global attention the dire state for religious minorities in that troubled...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: The head of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg was sentenced to prison and released The court imposed heavy fines on the rest of the defendants in the case SOVA Center (24.08.2023) – On August 24, 2023, the Nevsky District Court of St....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ARGENTINA: Human rights abuses against Buenos Aires Yoga School denounced at the United Nations At the 53th session of the UN Human Rights Council the UN ECOSOC-accredited NGO CAP-LC filed a written statement on the abusive activities of the anti-trafficking agency...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Police patrol by a Salvation Army church in Jaranwala that was torched by a mob in protests over alleged blasphemy © Aamir QURESHI / AFP/File PAKISTAN: Mosques probed over protest call in Pakistan blasphemy riots A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELGIUM: Media fabrication of religious hostility: the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses HRWF (21.08.2023) – A Jehovah’s Witness has telephoned someone to talk about the Bible and the Apocalypse, according to a journalist from a well-known French-language...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Visit of the headquarters of a minority religion in Taiwan, Jehovah’s Witnesses (Credit: HRWF) TAIWAN: No anti-cult activity, no religious intolerance: the example of Taiwan Are European states in a position to teach lessons to other countries about religious...